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How to Recover From a Setback — Hit the Reset Button
The more times you “reset,” the better off you’ll be.
“Today is going to be a “#great day!”
This is what you shout at the top of your lungs when you get out of bed in the morning. You’ve committed today is YOUR day.
You’re going to own your workout, ace your job interview, complete your pending chores, and have an adventurous night with your best friends.
Sounds like a good day to me—only one problem.
You overslept and missed your workout window. Even worse, you have less time to prepare for your job interview. Now you have to bolt out the door and skimp out on breakfast.
Not a good start to your “#great day!”.
New Beginnings
A new year, a new month, a new week, a new day. Nothing says a fresh start like a beginning.
When we start, there’s a wave of optimism. Perhaps you remember the first day of a new school year. You tell yourself, “this is the year I’m going commit to x, y, and z.”
The problem is things don’t always go the way we plan them to.
We get hurt. We stumble. We blunder. We drop the ball. We embarrass ourselves. We let others down.
